Kevin Bronson on March 6th, 2014

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“What came first, the sun or the summer” goes a verse of the Casket Girls’ single “Chemical Dizzy.” It’s one of several existential ticklers in the Georgia-based trio’s music, which counterposes Ryan Graveface’s buzzing synths against the saccharine vocals of sisters Phaedra and Elsa Greene. The trio’s second album “True Love Kills the Fairy Tale” came out last month, offering largely catchy, sometimes transcendent explorations of timeless light vs. dark themes, sometimes recalling the shadows where the Cocteau Twins’ music resides. You’ve heard a lot of indie bands doing hazy, dreamy, vaguely gothic pop in recent years; here’s one whose lyrical chops set it apart.

||| Stream: “Day to Day”

||| Live: The Casket Girls play tonight at the Echo along with the Stargazer Lilies, Dott, and Dreamend.